People Act 1983 states that the hours of polling at a Parliamentary and local election are between 7am and 10pm. In its guidance for presiding officers at polling stations at the 2010 general election, a Handbook for polling station staff, the Electoral Commission states that polling must stop at 10pm and that polling station staff should: •
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